Good morning and welcome to July.
A small announcement. Starting next week Kini Morning Brief will be scaled back a little and published only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Don’t worry, we’ll still get you up to speed.
For now, here's what you need to know today.
Key Highlights
DAP rift with 'PM' Shafie
Puad vs Dr M
Netflix and kuachi
DAP rift with 'PM' Shafie
Warisan president Shafie Apdal's willingness to align his party with whoever wins GE15 has triggered a public rift between him and DAP.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke called Shafie's stance absurd and unprincipled.
DAP has had a closer relationship with Warisan than with the other Pakatan Harapan components.
During the 2020 Sabah state election, DAP contested under Warisan’s logo.
Loke, at one point, was also among those in Harapan who allegedly backed Shafie as a prime minister candidate.
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Puad vs Dr M
Johor State Legislative Assembly Speaker Puad Zarkashi wants to sue Dr Mahathir Mohamad for "betraying" the state and country by giving up efforts to claim Pulau Batu Puteh.
Puad said an appropriate amount for compensation will be RM3 billion.
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Netflix and kuachi
Kelantan doesn't need cinemas as the people can watch Netflix from the comfort of their home while eating kuachi.
At least, that's the argument that Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Abdullah made.
PAS-led Kelantan's 32-year ban on cinemas came under scrutiny after its Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari urged people to watch the Mat Kilau film, which he did in the Klang Valley.
At the moment Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan is not available on Netflix or on any other legal streaming platform.
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What are people saying
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What else is happening?
Former Bersih leader Ambiga Sreenevasan said the protests she led were nothing like the May 13 riots as allegedly insinuated by the Johor palace.
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants his rival Muhyiddin Yassin's National Recovery Council scrapped.
Migrant workers thronged KLIA2 in an eleventh-hour effort to leave the country before a visa clemency programme expires, and immigration raids begin.
Two individuals, including the president of a minor Sabah-based party, were charged over alleged involvement in a fake IC syndicate.
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